[click artist’s name for video]
2.Beat
the Champ by The Mountain Goats
8.Faith
in the Future by Craig Finn
9.Girls
in Peacetime Want to Dance by Belle and Sebastian
10.Global
Chakra Rhythms by JEFF The Brotherhood
11.Kathryn
Calder by Kathryn Calder
12.Last
Year’s Savage by Shilpa Ray
13.
Meow the Jewels by Run the Jewels*
14.Nailbiter
by Looming**
15.No
Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney
18.Rose
Mountain by Screaming Females
21.Stuff
Like That There by Yo La Tengo
22.Surf by Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment*
23.To
Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
24.Untethered
Moon by Built to Spill
25.Wasted
on the Dream by JEFF the Brotherhood
26.We
are Undone by Two Gallants
27.Works
for Tomorrow by Eleventh Dream Day
Note: I also happily purchased all seven singles released
by Ricked Wicky in 2015; one of my favorite releases of the year was the
stand-alone single “Taman Shud” by The Drones; The Ex & Ken Vandermark didn’t put out an album this year but everything I heard from their tour was flat out astonishing.
Another note: JEFF The Brotherhood is not my favorite band – it is simply the only band I like that also put out two albums in 2015.
What this list says about me: (1) I am old. (2) I practice
brand loyalty. (3) I really slept on jazz this year.
*Full disclosure: Title was downloaded free from the artist’s website but I would’ve
been happy to pay
** Full disclosure Pt. II: A promotional copy of this title was provided to me by the artist
but I would’ve been happy to pay
Scott Faingold can be reached at sfaingold@illinoistimes.com
This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2015.
